{"id":1562,"slug":"treb-encrypted-token-anti-scraping-tpm","title":"TREB deploys anti-scraping services, firewalls, IDS, and **encrypted token authentication** as Technological Protection Measures (TPMs)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["mls-data-licensing"],"reference_body":"**Claim.** TREB deploys anti-scraping services, firewalls, intrusion detection, and encrypted token authentication as Technological Protection Measures (TPMs). Circumventing them implicates Copyright Act s.41.\n\n**Source.** TREB v. Mongohouse litigation record via torkin.com, accessed 2026-06-21.\n\n**Confidence.** Verified.\n\n**Caveats.** TPM characterisation matters legally — the Mongohouse outcome rests in part on the s.41 TPM-circumvention claim.\n\n**Implication / use.** The factual basis for the no-scraping rule. Anchors [[rule-mls-no-scraping-tpm-circumvention-unlawful]] alongside [[treb-v-mongohouse-2019-permanent-injunction-scraping]].","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"treb-v-mongohouse-2019-permanent-injunction-scraping","title":"TREB v. Mongohouse (2019) — permanent injunction; scraping MLS by circumventing TPMs is unlawful (Copyright Act s.41 + AUA + third-party licence breaches)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"rule-mls-no-scraping-tpm-circumvention-unlawful","title":"Rule: no scraping. TPM circumvention is unlawful (TREB v. Mongohouse permanent injunction)","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"treb-v-mongohouse-2019-permanent-injunction-scraping","title":"TREB v. Mongohouse (2019) — permanent injunction; scraping MLS by circumventing TPMs is unlawful (Copyright Act s.41 + AUA + third-party licence breaches)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T10:47:49.171Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T10:47:49.171Z"}